The Sun. — London, England, 1818-03-30 00:00:00

'l'N ATE AND AUTITENTIC CORRESPONDENCE. s'Aars, Mancut 25 . —Messieurs ComTa and " those staunch and intrepid cliam- P ' ons 2f . Reform," have had an action brought t them, which will be tried before the CeiV of R ennes. These pamphleteers, on re ing the intelligence that an aneien VenWen, accus e d bee of havin g fired a pistol at a p erson , had l a cqnitt e d b y the Tribunal of Vitr6, have t __ l" " the lib erty to print and publish, that the iv;veleoreur du Roi, M. BECITU, displayed a most i „eve3:..te nde rness for th e V en d eans , an d t h at he lost ao opportunity of getting them acquit- This i mpination is calumnious in every re -4 le th e fi rst place, M. BECHU was not at 1 ,• a ., t Period the Procurenrdu Roi at Vitrti, and 11.1.° nev er be en there, and consequently Conld not Areal in the cause in question. Secondly, M. I►ilt4(l di stinguished in a peculiar manner for i tt pt:acl ° igiablit l y l . 0 110nr, hi s i n fl ex ibl e justice, and rigid These qualiti es h ave p rocure d hi m • e 1) 1111 the est eem o f a ll w h o k now h i m, b ut te en "tti9n which might have reached the ears sPie litt, Messieurs Contra and DUNO'TEE ; conse tlie th ere is a ca l umny b ot h i n the fact and sa,l 4-e gatiou : but these Gentlemen do not look se when they have a point to establish. 111,44-" roc ureur du Roi has is su ed a summons f or tie c 1 to ° Nicer b e f ore t h e C ourt of R e nnes; they i lli ret hiit they will not submit toil ; if they persist Iqt s resolution the summons will be changed 4 W ar rant, and th e y w ill b e escorte d b y the by the 4 nierie to Rennes. Thus you see France er y ell great instructors of the human race as kig tl 44 England. Those sworn enemies of all 11 s °f privile ges , an d those zealous defenders of la~~ t alaWs here , as well as in Engl an d,- are indig- , 14 0 the idea of being called to account, and titr. etid to ha ve t h e right of calitaimiatidg whoht fp` i lpte asei with out having - any thin g t o d rea d 4 : 4 i l j 4 stic e . It they are found guilty at Rennes, tiej hr C is every reason to, expect, the facts iko ntrovertible, they will be imprisoned &a, e ""s at l east s i x months, and have to pay a t i ci 4 f 200 0 fran cs or upwar d s. 41,11 i". s"elt a case as the f o ll ow i ng attracte d t h e dia it i l l of Messieurs COMTE and DoNovan, we 6l'lve ranged ourselves on th e i r s id e; b ut we 1 14. 114 r observations, we will simply recite c ard "--A roan ' , of the name of iltaillon, shot 1i,„; b q his grandfather; his family, to screen 'Pp,: t °'ll i i 'Stice, concealed him until they had An .44it y If getting him off to Spain. In the *RV t r ig t he Tribilnals took up the affair ; he taih- 1 , let! contuni ace, (being absent), found ie ktt : 0° ' the clearest evidenc e , sentence d, to Ste Is , 6°d-executed in effigy, After snne years, • ait ir e hi e believe, anontlis, h e returne d to G enerac, ttre atParents liv e d, ant i t h e scene of his crime, ktile'tedliii father's, life unless he would give 1 4 14 . 41°41 'Y ; this was do ne , and he was again aa le i d o fF to Spain. He returned a third time, ' i itin sie plan was adopted ;h e was now l ost 4r,0 for t°l ' Many years. Atter the restoration, a ° lived in that part of France, calling him klf ti 1 l e O grou uDarillon, st at i ng b e was b orn at Mai . itl y ; be pretended. to be a m ost outrageous iist kttteral and as such w as warm l y rece i ve d b y Na d Azsuat, who confided to him the com- Ili ott the military in the affair of Lyons, al kl 4 411 h e had been told that lie was the ,itlenti -11144.1.0u the Parricide. CANUEL I00k;hillt ,s l4l r f 11 : 114 " t ee(1011, so lie .feared nothing. On It tD l4 4 : . l ' r Of Lyons he displayed the most savage t % Jt);: li° °. A poor young man, of the name. of N'vas entrapped and brought to :the.6caf the murder of the innocent was not dtttdlt for these pure Royalists, Auttai.ct e distracted mother of the victim to be Ntitio to th e foot o f d ie sca ff o ld to be hold the , r i , tier son, aid the moment his head fell Itk„..ti'rowti bleeding in her face,, while the It . unit; was the object of the most se -44, i N eli • , treatment by a drunken soldiery tita, *l It h liqu or on purpose, and headed by the 44at d AURALLON. These facts coming to the " • il '4e lof 'Gover umei)t Au HILLON was arrested ett h Nismes on th e 16 t h i nst., for the mut, `3randfather. The ordinary fori*ir these iph ,a t& 11 . !erely to prove the indentity th- e per -6t 4 ere for reasons we could state heav:as placed . it r, simply as accused of die critiO, and to i l l " .on•evide nce w hi c h had to go back 20 t '4 • t s acquitted by a majority of,leight to 1 11 11 to France the decisions of Juries is not , °liity, but-by a majority of votes. t''''itso;rovv's Post I will giv e y ou some 't r tails on this affair; I will state facts t'pitttil.ll4l l eave you r Readers to draw their. own 4 )43. " 4 A t , 4, Al 1, 111. ARCH 26.-1 resum e t h e su bj ect ° N--w as he really a parricide ? t e rit s ' 3 erling it I abstain tse , -because :4 ti t a Jury` bas d ec id e d ; but, except the J ury, there is not a perso n in all the departments who would - assert his innocence, - Or who donhti his His retarning to Frame under a false name is alone a proof that he had committed some crime, and, had he felt that he had been unjustly con demned in his absence, he would, no doubt, hare had tried to relthbilitate himself, (get the judg ment rever s ed, and his reputation restored ;) but no ; he first denies that he is AURILLON, and when the identity is proved, he can give nu rea sons why he changed his name; and merely de nies, and that only in equivocal terms, his being a parricide. flis acquittal excited general dis content, and the Ultras neglected no species of intrigue to get him absolved. They treated hint as a rascal and a monster, at the same time that they said - a Royalist must not be abandoned, as if the usurped title of Royalist could wash away the crime of parricide. This trial was made a party affair. Atrart.L.ol4 himself confesses that he was only 'one with Ge neral CANUEL and Count CHABROL. We IitIOW the private - virtues of the latter, and are sure that such a confraternity could not be to his taste -; but into what extremes will not political zeal lead. even unsuspecting virtue, blind to the nktnre and consequences of its own conduct ? We may re mark by the way, that AURILLON had the same counsel appointed 14m who defended and procured the acquittal of the assassin of General LEGARDE, at Nimes ; we recollect with what indignation that decision of the Jury was received. Ill'hilethe Jury were deliberating, AURILLON pretended 'not to deny his guilt, but said to all around him, ,that if found guilty, he would not appeal a g ainst the sentence, and would demand to be executed it»tne- diately ; and he was so convinced that he would perish, that he fainted on learning that he was acquitted, but though acquitted he was not libe rated, as there are several charges of forgery against him, and these will he, we may venture to predict, divindle.d. away to doubtful cases, and his punishment, if any, will he vet y slight, at any rate not sufficient to disqualify him from being a good Ultra, and the intimate friend'of CANUEL ; but were I to attempt to recount all the hauls faits of the Ultras, I should daily fill every column of your Paper. I cannot, however, re frain giving you another trait of the family pdr trait of the Ultras, which, like the spirits in Mac beth, present only a variety of deformity. • The Count de MARCELLUS, Member of• the Chamber of Deputies_ and of the Committee charged with the examination of the Organic Law of the Concordat, ‘yrote secretly to the Pope to inform him of what passed in the Committee, and stiliciting the aid of his wisdom and advice. His Holiness deigned to answer his letter, and ap prized him that-he would never consent that the Civil Power should interfere in Ecclesiastical Afh-tirs, that the Concordat ‘ras not susceptible ut any modification whatever, and that he hoped M. MAacELLus would exert all his influence to get the Organic Articles rejected. This letter has got abroad, and copies of it arc read in the higher political circles, where each comments on it in his own way, hut few indeed attempt to jus tify it. What right, it is asked, has a Deputy to address a foreign Sovereign in order to get the discussions of the Cha►nber modified to suit his purpose ? Is it the conduct of a man of honour, or that of a traitor to his country ? It is asked, if AI. MARCELLUS wishes to brim; back those times when the Popes released subjects from the oath of fidelity to their Sovereign, and opposed con- sciene o the lams of the State ? The organic articles ,are founded on the liberties of the Galiiean Church, those liberties which have been so clearly defined, and so vigorously defended by the best French writers, and which the Parliaments would neve suffer to be touched in the least poinis ; they 'can not be abrogated by the Concordat, they are yet in full force and vigour, and NI. MARCELL4: in seeking to at t ac k t h em, h as s h ewn himself an nn- wrlrtliy Citizen, and a perfidious Senator. possesses some private virtnes,•it is true, btOliey are all obscured by his political and reli,ioiis fa- naticisrn. He wook t►ave bee❑ a good under HILDEBRAND, hut he is a very bad Deput) of the Department of the Gironde. PF.VIVAL OF TnAnt.-- , The Birmingluiliti7e6m mercial Herald says—" That a veil , considerable alteration for the better has taken place through out our cummetcial relations must be• obvious to every one; and the following important fact is the fullest proof of the correctness of the asser tion, viz.: that the Overseers of this. town have been enabled to find sufficient funds for the poor, for the last six , weeks, without calling for a new levy, the arrears having been in a.greatinea- - sure paid up." , • ... CORN-EXCHANGE, MARCH 30.—Our Market was well supplied this morning with all kinds of Grain, and there was a good stroke of business doing ; real Fine Wheat sold at an advance of from 3s. to 4s. per quarter front this day week, and ordinary had a better sale; the same may be said of Barley -; , Malt is 2s, per quarter dearer ;. Grey Pease and Beans have each advanced 2s. per quarter ; the Oar trade is brisk at our last quoted prices ; in othrer.articlea there is no alteration. CORNWALL ASSIZES. CRINNIS MINE. (A verdict was given (or the plaintiff, %with is damages.) SIIIP NEWS. DovER, MARCN 29.—Sailed the Eliza, Integrity, mid Fox transports, with troops and horses for Calais: RAMSGATE, MARCH 29.—The whole of the trade hound:to. the Westward have this day sailed, except a few coasters. PORTSMOUTH', MARCH 29.—Yesterday arrived the Kerr Alunn, Koster, from Bourdeaux for Bremen, out s- 4 tveoks, with sails split and •upper works damaged. On hlt inst. when about 8 leagues to the North of St. Jean de Luz, picked up the Captain and crew of the Amarican brig inclease, : bound to Bilboa. • The Increain had bee❑ without a rudder eight days in continual gales - Of wind, and went on Ohre On' the rocks four bourg after the crew left her. PLY . MOUTH, MARCH .the,Owen and Borodino transports, with the 64th Regiment Opfinard for Gibraltar. FAL :ouilt, l lAncit:27.—Sailed the Dunina, Hamilton, for Bengal and China; and his Majestys ship Pigniy; on "a' ern ize. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 28.—The Bengal, .cuthbertson t Aota this port for Calcutta, was spoken 16th December, in lat. 36. 53 S. long. '24. 10. E. ; the Earl of Buckinghamshire, from this port for Bombay, had keen in company witkthe Bengal a few days before the latter was spoken with. On Tuesday arrived the Leveret sloop of war, Captain Tr-MED, from St. Helena, in eight weeks (having sailed the 27th January), where-she left the _Conqueror, Racoon, Mosquito, Podargus, and the St. Helena, company's cruizer. BUONA PARTE continued to persevere in that inert, se chided manner of living which be a long time ago imposed upon himself, and which has been attend ed by most evident bad effects upon his health. Mr. O'MEARA, his surgeon, it is understood, has warned him that the consequences may prove fa tal, and that speedily, unless lie should take exer cise in the open air. It is conjectured that this pertinacious adherence to his first -formed resolu tion is intended to induce a relaxation in the orders which restrict his going abroad beyond certain li mits, without attendance by an English Officer. Admiral PLAMPIN had taken up his residence on shore, at the Briars. Every article of life is ex travagantly dear ; as an instance, it is stated, that among the domestic expences incurred by Ma dan►e BERTRAND, for her own family only, is 3601. per year for washing linen. The Leveret is come into harbour On Tnesday, the 17th instant, in presence of Sir WILLIAM RAE, Baronet, Sheriff of the coun ty of Edinburgh, Viliwass NAPIER MILLIKeN, Esq..of Milliken, was, by .a most respectable elury, Lof which the Hon. WM. NAPIER, of Merchieston, R. N. was Chancellor, served heir male general of ARCHIBALD, third Lord NA - PIRR, of Merchies . 4• ton, Baronet of Nova Scotia, great grandson of the inventor of Jogarithms. This .service carries also . a right to the latter dignity of Knight Baronet of Nova Scotia, conferred upon the faini.: ly and their Jreirs male whatsoever, by patent, dated 2d of May, .1627, which owing lo the re duced footthes of an elder branch, only very late ly extinct, had tor. a - - ;considerable period re, maiNed dormant. consequence of the above, Mr. NAPIER MlLLuta-N now assumes the dignity of Knight Baronyt try the name and title of Sir WILLIAM MILLIKEN NAPIER, of Napier, Baronet. HoAx.—A reprehensive hoax Was played off against Miss BOOTH of COvent Garden a few 'days since. Letters were. sent to tradesmen of every description to bring various articles to her house in Bloomsbury -square, preparatory to her wedding ; and tire trick so far suereeded that pastry cooks with bride cakes.,• goldsmiths, perfumers, boOk sellers, &c. &c. fell into the deception, and crowded the front of. the house_ for some time be fore they became convinced of the mischievous int cut. Thursday was the Second Day of Drawing al the State I. 4 ottery, and the following Capitals (ell drawn that Day) were sold by BISH. No. 4,706 a Prize of L. 30,000, . In Sixteen Sixteenths No. 7,328, First Blank, entitled to Four Pipes of Port Wine, sold in 1 Quarter, 3 Eighths, and 6 Sixteenths. , i 1,016 1.1030 5,338 L.200 11,138 15,340 6,819 .300 12,328 8,191 - •400 15,732 12,359 . , 800- 1'6,334 15,533 ,:s2;cc, sce. Bysti also sold - (drawn ira, the- first day of the present Lottery)_,r--_- , ~ . No; 6,963, - First - Blank, entitled to the firsi Four „Pipes of Port Wine, sold' in •2' QUarters„, 2 Eighths, and 4 Sixteenths. _. .... . 3,107 .. a Prize of .. L. 5,000. a 11,771 3,817 , APO' 12,070' 2,863 11,368 &e. &e. ~ ,4 \.". ! The capitals are divided into so ntany ltates, and gone to s uc h an immense number of placeS,. that they are too numerous to specify partictihas but after the Lottery is . over, 'l'. Mut will kalake' where they have been- sold, and he hopes.tp i rtchl the remaining Two of 30,0001., and other Capi tals,. to his already splendid List. . ' ri The fortunate Hold ers may rece i ve their matey on demand on application at BISH'S Offices,, 4, Cornhill, or 9, Charing-Cross ; .and those per sons entitled to the Wine may.order it of any merchant they think proper, and 'l'. BISU will ini mediate!), discharge the bill for the same. . • • The last day will be Thursday the 9th of April, when the Two Prizes of 30,0001., and 35 Other' 'Capktals, which yet remain in the Wheel, must be drawn 1, DOE, demise of HA NL Nr, v. Noon.— (late. lord .11:lagor of London ) This important cause was tried on Thursday last, ;when, after a trial which lasted seven Lours, a verdict was found for the plaintiff, subject to the opinion of the coiiet of King's . Bench, as to the. point whether the original Sets granted to Hanley were in the nature - o'f leases, orotheriVise.--:Coum. - sel for plaintiff, Mr. GAsELEE, Me; MOORS, mid Mr. ADAM. -- - For defendant, SCrieIIII PELL ) Mr. CAg lIERD, and Mr. WILD. •••• HOME CIRCUIT. • MAIM ONE, KENT, MARCU 27. jun. the son of the last witness, said, he saw the scuffle; and he said, the prisoner fired the . pistol when he was standing about five feet from the prosecutor. MR. ROBILLIARD'S DEFENCE. -" Painful and distressing as it is to be placed at the Bar as a criminal, and aboveall upon a capital charge, I rejoice, nevertheless, that the hour of my trial is come. " I am satisfied that, upon an impartial consi deration of my case, I shall have a verdict of ac quittal. And I hope and trust that I shall not only stand justified in the opinion of the Court and Jury,. but that I shall appear in the eyes of my country without any imputation on my conduct. " My situation, and that of every officer' who is employed upon a service such as th,t in which I was etwaged, is ind ee d ar d uous an d di f fi cu l t. I t alike calls' for his courage and his discretion. " Before I enter farther upon my case, I must be excused for observing, that my brother Officer here,. and myself, from the time when we were first detained, have been treated very differently from what we should have expected ; and in a manner reflecting some considerable discredit upon the gnarter from whence such treatment originated. Me were treated with unnecessary severity, being debarred from the advice and _ assistance of our Commandingpfficer on the even ing of our first detention. • • " On the evening of this transaction, it was between seven .and eight o'clock I. {.certainly not more-thatreight),when, having been carried before the Mayor, we sent to Captain 1.114;ulloch to in form him what had happened. .1 - le came within a very short time, .and as we had hee.” removed to the Gaol- in - the interval, he made application to .theMayor,foraccesS to us. " '1 his, which • would hardly hiVe been c.cnied to the.meanest criminal) met with a l peremptory refosal. Captain Al' Ctillocik Was not 'Permitted to sec us, 'Kitt this is not all.. The Mayor, in this in tervieW, took upon himself to . assert. to Captain IK`Culloch that my brol her Officer and myself were in a state of intoxication. And Capt. M'Culloch repeating his application to see us, in order that he might satisfy himself as to our sobriety, the re fusal was still perSiSted in. " And why was this ? The hour was not un seasonable. The Mayor was fearful that'Captan M'Culloch would see, and be able to depose t o the falsity of this insinuation. - _ " Anti again, on the following morning, when Captain M'Culloch applied to the filayor, that we might he bailed during the examinations;—in re fusing the application, he made use of expressions . ill-becoming a Magistrate at any time, but indeed Unworthy in a case where he was to sit judicially. "• He spoke of us as blood thirsty Rascals .and Puppies,' and added, that one of us, on being told that Admiral Harvey's servant had been wounded, bad said, Damn • him, I wish I bad shot him through the heart.' " And so anxious was he to establish this ex ,Rression against us, that when the examination : took place on the following morning, he put question after question in vain to the witnesses, to :make it appear that we had said so, as well as to spew that we had been intoxicated, '' Whereas, there was not the smallest founda rion either for the one,assprtion or for the other ; zliteitliefor us hail made. use of any such exit' t 6 • kind' bath of were fl'e'ilectly sober. •r " Not are these the only points upon which we lave..had,reason tosompluin. Our case has been 'prematurely discussed . ; no little pains have been to.kett-t to call forth tifid encourage every unfa vourable impressiolt,a l kititst us ; in order, if p os . sible a thatthe minds .o.(.the public, and amongst thoie of the Jur:y, might. be biassed, and yO - ur %cr.lict might be a verdict of prejudice 4 tistlier Than ofjustice.. SO lately as the 7th of this month an article -'matte its appearance in the Kentish Gazette, tom :lhenting pretty openly upon this transaction, and cellitlg upon the inhabitants of Deal to come for vard with subscriptions in support of this pro secution. I fearnothing from such itklecent and ill. Aimed contrivances, but they Shew the eager- ness at least of persons who have mixed thew. selves but too much with this prosecution. " I shall now make some few observations upon the merits of the case which is before the Court; but time cannot fairly be judged of without par- TRIAL . OF' I'H5 MIDSHIPMEN FOR SHOOTING AT PERSONS AT DF,LII- NichOlai Robilliard anti J 4rguimbau, two young midshipmen, were charged on t, o indictments, the first with shooting at, and th( other with aiding him in shooting at J. Williams, at tight o'clock in the evening of the 27th day of De cember, in King-street, near the Fishmarket, Deal. The prosecutor described himselt as a mariner, and stated that he was returning home on the eveni!:g of the 27th December, having been for a walk ; when he got into the Fish. market he beard the noise of quarrelling, and saw Mr. Arguimbau disputing with a man of the name of Robinson ; he cried out " Llano ! -what's the matteri': - . ‘vben Robilliard step . ped up to hinr„ and sai4,,_ you .are the fellow . - that just now insulted ttte .. He. replied that 'he was. not, and was ready to go before the Ajayor. Robilliard had a pistol in his hand, and after a few words fired it at hint, anti then threw his cutlass. Tlie prosecutor close:! with him, -and in doing so received a Wonnd across his _face, .but .he succeeded in throwing . llown,. and .esfaped. In_ cross-examination, he denied that be had ever seen Robi-iliard to his ` - knOwledge before that night, or that 'lie had been Stnirggling "that evening. J.,Baroes, a grocer at Deal - , near whose house the affray happened, said, he heard - the noise of the diqinte between Arguitnbau and Robinson, and he went to his door: He interposed, and thought a te had succeeded in restoring peace, and had returned to his shop, when he heard 'the repiirt of a pistol. The • ball ..struck his tiritnlow-shutter. He came out and found the prosecutor.and the prisoner Robilliard struggling "on the ground. with (Is t° I ti ose e Age , e(1 in ectea e or Blillt 1 are A" f o l• orYs anCe 1 great , who ill be ['hus , unite order ;Te at r bf ii be paid lirect icle CCit e )0 1 tat )0 0 t , aok for I 1 4 .10° A" in air ez-